English

headless genitive

From headless + genitive.

Proto-Germanic *haubidą

Proto-West Germanic *haubid ‘head’

Proto-West Germanic *haubidalaus

Old English hēafodlēas

Middle English heedles

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

Middle English genetif ‘pertaining to the genitive case’

Today it means

noun Synonym of independent genitive.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / headless genitive